Simon Killer (2013)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 12
Though its bleak themes may be off-putting for some, Simon Killer is an engrossing, effective character study of a brutal, enigmatic figure.
Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 7
Though its bleak themes may be off-putting for some, Simon Killer is an engrossing, effective character study of a brutal, enigmatic figure.
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A heartbroken American on a soul-searching trip to Paris finds his buried secrets clawing their way to the surface in this neo-noir thriller from writer/director Antonio Campos (Afterschool). Lovelorn in the aftermath of a recent break-up with his longtime girlfriend, American college graduate Simon (Brady Corbet) wanders the streets of Paris aimlessly, and drifts into a sex parlor where he encounters mysterious prostitute Victoria (Mati Diop). His emotions suddenly reawakened, Simon hatches a
Apr 5, 2013 Limited
$21.3k
IFC Films
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Brady Corbet
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Mati Diop
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Michael Abiteboul
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Constance Rousseau
Marianne -
Lila Salet
Sophie -
Solo
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Nicholas Ronchi
Carlo -
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All Critics (47) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (12)
Self-consciousness passing for style.
Top Critic"Simon Killer" is a beautifully made look at ugliness and brutality, the kind of oxymoronic exercise that fascinates some and repels others.
Another terrific performance from Brady Corbet, but it's in the service of a parade of horrors that never leads anywhere interesting.
It is brutally raw and difficult watching.
The overall sense of chilly disengagement becomes trying, and there's a last-minute switch that suggests that Campos is trying to have his croissant and eat it.
The film is frequently masterful, suggesting the turbulent inner state of an American sociopath who believes himself to be a good guy.
Not for everyone, in fact generally disrecommended for anyone except those who admired Martha Marcy May Marlene.
... a sexy, edgy character study that slowly draws you into its web even as it unnerves you ... a hybrid of 'The Talented Mr. Ripley" and, for its steamy lovemaking, the X-rated 'Last Tango in Paris.'
Simon Killer is as juvenile as the behaviour of its central character, but thankfully its weaker moments are reasonably scarce and for the most part the film is an interesting, if a little surface level, character study that is difficult to shake off.
Unpleasant, but not negligible.
Simon Killer leaves you uneasy long before you wonder if Simon will get caught or find a conscience for his crimes, both real and imagined.
Although Brady Corbet is a compelling actor and succeeds at times in capturing an almost boyish charm, he's playing a nasty, unappealing and unredemptive character.
For a horror film, this is unusually subtle and disturbing, rather than all-out scary, quietly profiling a creepy central character in ways that are designed to provoke the audience.
The performances of Brady Corbet as the taciturn American and Mati Diop as the sympathetic prostitute lend the film watchability ...
Brutal, nasty, unflinching. If you like that kind of thing.
An artfully shot, po-faced thriller about an American graduate student going to pieces on an extended break in Paris.
Impressively directed and sharply written, this is a disturbing study in sociopathy with a compelling lead performance from Brady Corbet.
A refreshing departure from the current glut of slasher movies that make the mistake of thinking more gore can ever replace the feeling of icy dread that you've been played by a madman.
Builds a quiet, creeping sense of menace, with a courageously unsympathetic performance from Corbet at its icy heart.
Black-veined and dark-hearted, this is another persuasive character study from Campos.
The quietly unsettling "Simon Killer" asks us to study its main character, a screwed-up enigma, who can't get out of the way of his own self-destructive tendencies.
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